The Illiterate

by Ágota Kristóf

Book Overview

Narrated in a series of stark, brief vignettes, The Illiterate is ?gota Krist?f's memoir of her childhood, her escape from Hungary in 1956 with her husband and small child, her early years working in factories in Switzerland, and the writing of her first novel, The Notebook. Few writers can convey so much in so little space. Fierce yet almost pointedly flat and documentarian in tone, Krist?f portrays with a disturbing level of detail and directness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811234851
• ISBN13: 9780811234856
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.6" x 7.3"